The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-05-29

farm. Most of twas clear 80 sos'o Be call.s
nao never been cultivated. arparsryHss butn
tbera waa was WHO ana useless. Furshssua TIC
supply. Tbs land is on b;.s vAis,
niii In the midst of large vall.v Iir.Kf ground.
distant mountains. The house !. aeeo onlya ),
ara naii from the Coanza river 80. rais
have been from the scarcity az ~, and II mar
property was obtained so cheanir eseF that ns
plenty for two men to do Besides .n II. ,hsre wa
desirable to build missions ons.. mat Il wa
possible. IN order that the work OF tass.;soona
evancelizinc might not be .sssaening and
layed. The first thing the Bishor sessarily "a.
panion undertook was the dicrine ns con-
Inis task was not turned over IN ~ vel
Inc BISHOP believes in doing h;s s a.- natives
aape 81 snn "rs from moral motives than e. o re
specf OF ones neighbors in this conr.s. the re-
IN as II IN earnest, as If one hsi come = - pitch
Ineso missionaries evidently haye d. q
son was not difficult one TO pene,rsss Ihs
took several days work. neverthslsss y. but il
well completed. The exerris. 70 get tie
dieting by the Bishop put Mr. nc Sa careful
pletely on his feet again When ,hs uson CON-
aug the two missionaries stoned il f-o,, "a. va
zeal f fonns Meantime Hsnt Mr.: DoSs sss.
under way. They mads aschosa
known in the town without difsicn,.ss aemsevea
and the objects of their coming wa. ~ Delay,
Inc leading native inhabitants willips,rs n
septed to let their children be ta,.aky co.,
guages, and Mr.. Dodson began h,s Ia. .ae Ian
tent The only furniture of a school s1k In q
box on which the teacher sat IT, .o1 On vas
were given in the evening and in tia ,n;s sssona
open air. "o'k N Tie
When the we'll had been finished .,a
this time natives had been employed ~ 1urne
erecting mission house, Bishop Tavlo, - IN
companion went at the farm. They us. Al "a. ns
hoes with which the Bishops par.is: s .sso long
antly supplied. They turned the so, =. a.. aouod-
oughly everywhere they went leavns ~ .aer-
vegetation roots so exposed that thu srr ~. e vic
ly exterminated it They did not. Of Camp.
tempt to operate the whole of the $40 49,. a.
before the Bishop left they had clesred out
section to plant 200 banana trees s,s sa ot
than 400 pineapples. This mission :. "Ofsi
as the one at Dondo 10, now on a self-su,as.sseA
basis. Inc work OF evaneelizing in any eusrts ss
however, Is hardly begun. The dif6cnlsv ~
the language. The missionaries couS In IN
Portuguese easily enough, but TO reneh ~ sa a
tves effectively it will be necessary r. .as "a
them IN their own tongue. In the large TO-
where the influence of Portuguese trsa. sf
mates, the natives understand the laneuse.s on
speak bad dialect of it In the iateric, .a a.s
generally know nothing whatever Of IL NY
missionaries have naturally had TO sueud ~
deal OF time in mastering the African lancus, ,'
The languages and dialects Of Africs ara r..s
Gus, but Bishop Taylor's plan of hsyine -.
missionary settle in one place. there IA r.n.;
and build up home for himself. viii obr:.aa
any difficulty that might arise otherwise from
DR.. Summers had reported that the pexttov,
suitable for missionary station was Puneo A.
dongo. and when the Nhanguepeppo farm IA
been we'll started, and the peonls ~
behind at Dondo had arrived Bihou
Taylor set out unattended, saye ~
natives, for the new place. tits distant ill.,.
ty-seven miles from Nhanguepeppo, across ths
same kind of billy, uneven country that ths
Bishop had already traversed. Before s.arsirs
he sent word back to Dondo again 10 Ii. mis-
sionaries still resting there to follow him ana
await further order at Nhanguepeppo Ths
Bishop made the trip in three days Every day
brought its evidence of the need of his work i
Africa AS he came toward the end Of long down.
ward slope he observed his carriers looking fur.
lively at the side of the path. and presently one
of them picked up a stone. The others did the
same thing, and while the Bishop was still won.
dering what they wanted of the stones he saw
them throw their missiles aside. The men had
added the stones to high irregular heap Of sim.
liar stones that stood by the path To ths
Bishop this thing had NO signifcance whatever
there was apparently no use for the pile, either
xs q landmark or an ornament &c questioned
one of the carriers about it The fellow hung
his head sheepishly.
cat this point" he said, 1--WE enter q strs,eh
of country that, lying low between the bills asst
does, has often been exceedingly dangerous to
to all kinds of travellers. Fierce animals dwell
here, and the legend throughout all the land 10
that they are the slaves of wicked demon who
dwells in the dark thicket. The animals mos
to be feared unless the demon bids than work,
whereupon they rush out and destroy whoever
may be passing For many years-hundreds il
is said-the people have been accustomed 70 d.
feat the demon by building MP the stone heap
1t is a powerful fetish before which the demon
cannot avail"
But" exclaimed the Bishop, surely you
have lived among the white men and have
learned of them about the true God You know
better than this. Do you not understand thais
miserable stone heap is worthless against wild
animals, and that there is no demon to be feared
in the thicketl7
"Ah," replied the African. II have heard Of
such things from the white men at the coasf
but who knows that their God ever comes as iM
as this? The demon may dwell 10 the thlcket
after all, and it is as well TO be on the safe sos
Your God cannot take offeuse at that"
And on another occasion they passed mnia
ture village. It consisted OF more than tsuf
huts. The natives wore too excessively lazy
cultivate sufficient land to live upon as weHa
they might, and so devoted themselves 70 tfsas
Their business consistedl in supplying vsRfw
passing travellers caravans, for az tnat POM
there was no water for a considerable distance
except at the well around which the village Wn
built Success in this business depended o.
course, entirely upon the presence OF traveen,
and when they were slow in appearing the
natives wsne forced to 20 hunting iney .eIs
preparing for a hunt when the Bishop arFisee
the well. 1t took them whole day 70 90 sas
although not one weapon was burnisneo 2. =.
the necessary Precipitation TO the oemo.s
were mockery to call them gods, who fuee -
forests and all the country round aoau. 49, -
the first half of the day they had ponoeIeu.
EMMY and danced frantically, led Dy tneI sl'
in the effort to think of some new ana e1asy
binary sacrifice to make. At last they ssruesn
They dug four little holes in the grouno ap tn,
foot deep each, in the form OF q SQUARE nrs
then took the one goat of the poorest ms rs.. 80
them and put her feet into the hoies "...I
precious water from their well they Ios 49,,
tho dirt and every man pitching INTO "o'., no,
packed the mud about the unforfuna'e :.
until she was entirely buried, not even :. ,hsy
of an ear appearing above the mua. t,:s..isa
shouted and sat down TO contempisse n.tthsr
with profound satisfaction. That was !. "a
were at when the Bishop camo alops. - they
then too late in the day to begin . nun ,sss
passed the rest of the afternoon in idienss s,h.,
Pupgo Andongo was reached WHn.h.,I liz
This is one of the towns
inystone described. 1t is surrounded =! ,a.nss
the greatest wonders in the Worioi i Teh
conelomerate columns of rock 5uv lee. ice. IN
believes that they were io.r.snded
some prehistoric perofwhen the oce, ,:'han hsi
over most of central Africa The p'sayr srv
less trouble il making start there 'na sor tho
other town he had been in He arrsngeu - thst 1
purchase of several buildings outriRn:1,a .,sns
his Missionaries would not have 70 oa W5rss
He appointed Rev joseph n,oueht
to take this station. Mr.. Wilkes hsa .i,y her
his wife and daughter along. and even' ur.n,sdto
installed themselves there. The lana el..Sssis
the mission was not so favorab!y snu' .sstM.
mipht have been and one of the tnipks .an self